LinuxLink subscriptions are available for dozens of processors from leading semiconductor manufacturers and the list is rapidly growing. Visit the Supported Processors page to see if a LinuxLink is available for your processor. Support is expanding every day, so please let us know if you don't see your processor.

LinuxLink subscriptions entitle you to receive continuous updates to reference Linux distributions, cross-compiled software components, documentation, and cross-development tools. LinuxLink provides a wealth of information about hardware-specific and general Linux development, and supports an active community of embedded Linux experts with whom you can share questions, tips and embedded expertise. Your LinuxLink subscription also provides access to support from TimeSys that makes it easy for you to receive prompt attention from TimeSys engineers.

LinuxLink enables embedded development by providing a starting point with ready-to-use components and a reference distribution for your target processor. LinuxLink eliminates the upfront searching, gathering, building and testing that is required to get open source Linux from the community running on your board, saving weeks or months of development effort. LinuxLink also provides the binaries and source for the components, patches and a cross-development environment, making it easy to rebuild a distribution to customize it for your target platform.

Continuously updated, LinuxLink gives you control over your custom design, at a fraction of the price of commercial Linux distributions. LinuxLink eliminates dependencies imposed by Linux vendors by giving you the freedom to choose and incorporate the latest feature sets and semiconductor-developed optimizations into your target platform. Additionally, LinuxLink hosts the broadest set of packages in the industry. Hundreds of cross-compiled user space packages increase your design options and functionality. The support model gives you direct access to our embedded Linux experts and eliminates the waiting and bottlenecks of traditional support models.

LinuxLink is delivered as a web-based subscription service which provides information, help and technology to support embedded Linux developers. LinuxLink delivers ongoing updates to software components, with alerts to notify you of changes. Whether you are actively engaged in a project or interested in staying-up-to-date with changes coming from the open source community, LinuxLink provides value over the life of your subscription.

LinuxLink is offered in a variety of subscription options that are designed to give you the greatest flexibility and can be easily renewed for one year. Each subscriber receives renewal reminders as the subscription expiration date approaches, so that subscriptions can be easily renewed to avoid any service disruption. To renew your subscription, please contact sales at sales@timesys.com or 1.866.392.4897 or 412.232.3250.

LinuxLink provides flexible options that allow you to choose the target processor, subscription length, and appropriate level of access for development teams. Optional upgrades give you the freedom to customize your subscription without paying for functionality or access that you don't need. To get started immediately, contact TimeSys Sales at sales@timesys.com or 1.866.392.4897 or 412.232.3250.

Through LinuxLink, customized alerts are issued to keep you informed of changes in areas of specific interest to you. A site-wide search capability is also available to query for updates or archived information. Ongoing updates to the software component repository, documentation, support and help channels are highlighted in LinuxLink and through email announcements.

Updates will be posted as soon as they become available to deliver the greatest value to our subscribers. With access to immediate updates throughout your subscription, you no longer have to wait for a commercial Linux distribution's next release cycle to implement patches, new features or packages.

Leading semiconductor partners actively collaborate with TimeSys to deliver the latest Linux for new and existing processors, which is then made commercially available through LinuxLink.

All software, in general, except open source software, is subject to some level of U.S. export control - even commonly available off-the-shelf programs. TimeSys' proprietary software are subject to minimal levels of U.S. export controls that prohibit any U.S. citizen or resident from exporting that software into any country that has U.S. sanctions imposed against it (currently North Korea, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan and Libya) without first obtaining a license from the U.S. government, or to any entity or individual who has been identified as a potential terrorist threat by the U.S. government (entities listed on any U.S. Department of Treasury or Department of Commerce "specially designated" or "denied entity" lists). While open source components are not specifically subject to U.S. export controls, U.S. citizens and residents are in general are prohibited from knowingly transacting with sanctioned countries and entities suspected of terrorist activity. If you need more specific information about particular TimeSys software components, such as ECCN component classifications, please let us know.